fonne

From Latin fēmina. See French femme.

fonne

1. (Morvan) woman

• Eugène de Chambure, Glossaire du Morvan (1878)

Unknown, perhaps of North Germanic origin; see modern fun.^[1] Potentially related to fonnen (“to be insane”).

• fon, ffonne, fone

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔn(ə)/, /ˈfun(ə)/

fonne (plural fonnes)

1. A fool, idiot or moron.
   • Chaucer, The Cantebury Tales, The Reeve's Prologue and Tale

     men will us fonnes call

     men will call us fools

2. Someone who is easily tricked or misled.

• English: fon (obsolete)

• “fǒnned, fonned, ppl. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018.
• “fonne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

fonne

1. silly, ridiculous, stupid, simple

• English: fun
• Scots: fun

• “fǒnne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018.

fonne

1. alternative form of fonnen

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːn.ne/

fōnne

1. inflected infinitive of fōn